System lockups getting you down? Tired of rebooting? Who isn't!? Operating system instability seems to be one of those unavoidable quirks of library life, but it's one that no one has time to live with. More...
In part one of this article (netConnect, Winter 2001), we examined practices and methods that can give a fighting chance at system stability before putting workstations out for the public. In this part, we'll look More...
How library sites get built must seem very strange to people unfamiliar with the nonprofit or academic world. First there's the more collegial way of making decisions: the various departments, factions, and personalities, each with More...
Libraries tally reference questions, circulation figures, and even the number of people who come in the front door. Whatever we do, we count how often we do it. Our understanding of how our services More...
By 2050 almost a quarter of the people living in the United States will be Hispanic. Minorities of all kinds are increasing as a proportion of the U.S. population as well. This will have huge More...
The population in America is graying. As baby boomers age, they are increasingly seeking health information for themselves or as caregivers for their elderly parents. Typically, they may need help finding a good doctor, hospital, More...
What if you build it--and they don't come? We opened our homework chat room on January 16; we closed it on February 9. After 70 staff hours over 21 days (including some volunteer hours), we More...
Head back to the latest issue of netConnect for more on Hyperlocal Libraries Hyperlocalism in libraries is nothing new. Long before the Internet became a household word, libraries have served as community information networks, gathering, More...
